GM, Surfaces Personalization

What You'll Do

• Build, grow, and lead a Studio of dedicated engineers, data scientists and product managers fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where technical excellence thrives. Our engineers are spread out around the globe with concentrations on the East Coast and Europe.
• Define, own and execute on a multi-year strategy for Spotify’s Home Page.
• Be the front line of many of the Company Bets and build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, aligning on strategy, vision, and execution to achieve company-wide goals.
• Hold teams accountable for shipping high-quality, measurable outcomes – and ruthlessly prioritize to ensure the team is focused on the right work.
• Define, track, and report metrics and KPIs that measure the success and impact.
• Ensure the health, resilience, and growth of your teams, cultivating a high-performance, but supportive, culture that drives happiness, growth, engagement, and innovation.
• We ask that our team members be physically located in Central European time or Eastern Standard/Daylight time zones for the purposes of our collaboration hours.

Who You Are

• You have 15+ years of experience leading and managing large-scale technical teams to deliver impactful, well-loved, robust and scalable software solutions.
• You possess excellent instincts paired with deep analytical thinking, enabling you to prioritize effectively and make critical, data-driven decisions.
• You thrive in rapidly evolving landscapes, bringing clarity and focus to ambiguity while inspiring your teams to innovate and excel.
• You are adept at translating complex technical concepts into simple, actionable strategies and can effectively guide teams through challenging scenarios.
• You are passionate about creating user-centered solutions, partnering closely with product, design, and insights teams to bring transformative AI innovations to life.
• You are a skilled communicator, comfortable engaging with diverse collaborators including everyone from our interns to CEO and aligning them around a shared vision.
• You have a strong track record of defining technical and product strategies, gaining leadership agreement, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering user-facing value for multi-million user products.
• You have hands-on experience with AI, Machine Learning and Personalization,, with demonstrated success in achieving measurable business impact.

Where You'll Be

• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North America region as long as we have a work location
• This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration